(Del.) Delaware students will take the SAT instead of the Smarter Balanced exam this spring at the behest of 10 legislators who requested the change to reduce the amount of testing 11th graders endure.

(Calif.) With release of his 2016-17 budget proposal Thursday, Gov. Jerry Brown gave schools a break on any new, major policy changes. Instead the governor offered up a steady, but welcomed, increase in spending that takes per pupil support to more than 30 percent above what it was at the nadir of the recession.

(Calif.) State officials won high marks for efforts to make sure all low-income children are covered by health insurance but challenges still stand when it comes to ensuring access to care and to specialized services, according to a new survey.

(N.M.) Roughly two evenings a month, several Albuquerque Public Schools sites open their doors and their kitchens, offering instructional assistance to students and a free meal to them and their families as a way to increase parent involvement in their child’s education.

(Calif.) After using the budget process to initiate or support massive policy changes for K-12 education in recent years, Gov. Jerry Brown is likely to give schools a respite when he unveils his 2016-17 spending plan on Thursday.

(Wash.) In some schools where Common Core rules the curriculum, only parts of Joseph Heller’s classic tale of a struggle and disillusionment is likely read, with the themes of “Catch-22” taught in tandem with other, more modern stories and visual aids.

(Calif.) Solano County’s creeks and waterways – the 116,000-acre Suisun Marsh included – have become outdoor classrooms for teaching local students the importance of a healthy watershed and the impacts their own actions can have on these life-sustaining resources.